Summit
girls out after 2 gamesThe Summit Lady Patriots were eliminated after two games at District
as they lost to Nezperce 20-24 on Tuesday, Jan. 29 and to Highland 29-40
on Saturday, Feb. 2. Both games were at the LCSC Activity Center in Lewiston.

Vs. Nezperce

Summit never lead in the game against Nezperce but they were never very
far behind either as they were able to keep it close in a defensive battle.Summit was held scoreless for most of the first quarter but Nezperce
was only able to build a 0-5 lead. Rachael Frei finally put Summit on the
scoreboard when she hit a 3-pointer with 52 seconds left in the period
that cut the lead to 3-5.A
Frei then hit another perimeter shot to open the second quarter scoring
that tied the game at 5-5.
A putback by Sarah Chmelik and another basket by Frei each tied the
score again at 7 and at 9 but Nezperce then closed out the half with a
0-5 run to take a 9-14 lead at the break.
The third quarter was exceptionally offensive challenged as only 3
total points were scored. Abi Chmelik scored a free throw t the 5:58 mark
and Nezperce got a basket at the 3:20 mark and that was it for the quarter
as Nezperce took a 10-16 lead into the final period.
Things finally broke loose a bit offensively in the fourth quarter
as Summit was able to double their score but Nezperce scored 8 themselves
to hold off the Patriots.
The closest the Patriots were able to get was 18-21 after Jolene Chmelik
drained a 3-pointer with 1:17 left. Nezperce answered though with 3 straight
free throws before Jolene closed out the game’s scoring with a basket in
the final seconds that cut the margin to 4.
Frei led the scoring for Summit with 9 points with 7 of those in the
first half. Nezperce’s defense kept her from even attempting a shot in
the second half. Jolene Chmelik scored 5 points, Sarah Chmelik scored 3,
Megan Rehder scored 2 and Abi Chmelik scored 1.
Summit had a 39-30 rebounding edge led by Sarah Chmelik who had 18
boards.
Summit was 7 for 36 from the field, 19%, and 4 for 11 at the line,
36%. Nezperce was 9 for 40 from the field, 22%, and 6 for 14 at the line,
43%.
Sarah Chmelik had 5 steals and 2 assists.
Summit 3 6 1 10 -20
Nezperce 5 9 2 8 -24
Summit-Frei 3-7, 2-2, 9; S. Chmelik 108, 1-2, 3; Seubert
0-2, 0-2, 0; A. Chmelik 0-2, 1-2, 1; Rehder 1-11, 0-3, 2; J. Chmelik 2-6,
0-0, 5. 3-pointers-Frei, J. Chmelik.Nezperce-Seitz 3-12, 1-5, 7; Carpenter 2-9, 2-4, 6; Sy.
Kuther 0-0, 0-0, 0; S. Mosman 0-1, 0-0, 0; Al. Arnzen 4-15, 1-3, 9; Ar.
Arnzen 0-1, 2-2, 2; Reynolds 0-1, 0-0, 0; Leitch 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.

Vs. Highland

This
was the fourth time Summit played Highland this season and the only time
the game wasn’t a nailbiter.
Also unlike the two league games Summit was able to still have 5 players
on the floor at the end.
Highland jumped out to a 2-9 lead in the game and led 6-12 at the end
of the first quarter.
The Huskies opened the second quarter with a 0-9 run to built the lead
to 6-21 and Summit spent the rest of the game trying to dig out from that
deficit.
A 3-pointer by Rachel Waters were the only points scored by Summit
in the quarter as they trailed 9-23 at the half.
The Patriots opened the third quarter with a 6-0 run as Sarah Chmelik
scored 2 baskets and then Abi Chmelik scored following a steal by Frei.
After a Highland basket, Frei hit a 3-pointer that got Summit back
within 7 at 18-25 with 4:35 left in the third quarter.
Highland was able to push the lead back to 10 though by the end of
the quarter.
Summit opened the fourth with a 5-0 run as Rehder scored a pair of
baskets and Frei added a free throw but during that time the Patriots lost
Sarah Chmelik to an injury. Rehder got fouled on a shot attempt and
in the aftermath of that foul Sarah wound up getting an elbow to the mouth.
Summit got the deficit down to 29-34 with 5:01 left but were unable
to score again as Highland closed with a 0-6 run to advance.
Rehder scored 8 to lead Summit in scoring with Frei scoring 6. Sarah
and Abi Chmelik scored 4 points each while Waters scored 3 and Megan Seubert
and Jolene Chmelik added 2 points each.
The Huskies had a 37-51 rebounding edge. Frei had 11 to lead Summit
while Sarah Chmelik added 9.
Abi Chmelik had 5 steals and 3 assists.
Summit was 13 for 57 from the field, 23%, and 1 for 9 at the line,
11%. Highland was 16 for 52 from the field, 31%, and 8 for 14 at the line,
57%.
With the losses Summit finished their season with a 6-14 record.
Summit 6 3 15 5 -29
Highland 12 11 11 6 -40
Summit-Frei 2-7, 1-5, 6; S. Chmelik 2-7, 0-0, 4; Seubert
1-6, 0-0, 2; A. Chmelik 2-6, 0-2, 4; Rehder 4-18, 0-3, 8; J. Chmelik 1-9,
0-0, 2; Waters 1-3, 0-0, 3; Phillips 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Frei, Waters.Highland-M. Hendren 3-11, 1-2, 7; Haight 0-5, 0-1, 0;
C. Lowe 5-15, 4-7, 15; Hovey 1-1, 0-0, 2; Dietz 6-17, 2-3, 14; Brashear
0-1, 0-0, 0; Gehring 1-2, 0-0, 2; A. Lowe 0-0, 0-0, 0; A. Hendren 0-0,
0-0, 0. 3-pointers-C. Lowe.

Summit
boys lose to KendrickThe Summit boys had just 1 game this past week, a league battle against
Kendrick at Cottonwood at which Summit came out on the short end of a 40-60
score Thursday, Jan. 31.
Summit was outscored in every quarter by the co-league leading Tigers
as they trailed 7-14 after 1 quarter, 17-30 at the half and 33-49 after
three quarters.
Michael Waters poured in 21 points to lead all scorers in the game.
Matthew Schwartz scored 10, Josh Lustig 8 and Shane Stubbers 1.
With the loss Summit drops to 6-13 overall and 3-6 in White Pine League
Division 2 play.
Summit 7 10 16 7 -40
Kendrick 14 16 19 11 -60
Summit-T. Schwartz 0, 0-0, 0; Lustig 1, 6-6, 8; S. Stubbers
0, 1-2, 1; D. Stubbers 0, 0-0, 0; Beckman 0, 0-0, 0; Waters 9, 2-3, 21;
M. Schwartz 5, 0-0, 10. 3-pointers-Waters.Kendrick-Boyle 3, 0-0, 7; Olson 3, 1-2, 7; Kerby 3, 4-6,
10; Kerley 0, 0-0, 0; Cirka 0, 0-0, 0; Hardin 6, 3-5, 17; Scott 3, 0-0,
6; White 2, 2-2, 6; Smith 2, 2-6, 7; Wolff 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Hardin
2, Boyle, Smith.District
starts Feb. 11The Summit Patriots will open District play Monday, Feb. 11. After
beating Timberline Tuesday, Feb. 5, they are the #4 seed into District
and will play Timberline again at 6 p.m. Monday. Nezperce is the #1 seed
and Kendrick is the #2 and will get first round BYEs. Deary
will play Highland in the game following Summit's game.
If Summit wins Monday they would play Friday, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. against
Nezperce. If they lose they would play at 11 a.m. Monday against Friday's
late game loser. Monday's winners will play a loser-out game Thursday,
Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. followed by the championship game. The second place game
will be Friday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. with the winner of that game to play
Saturday, Feb. 23 in a state play-in game possibly at Grangeville.